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Feeding S.American BumbleBee catfish

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I bought 2 south american bumble bee catfish( Microglanis iheringi) on Monday. They have been eating very well. They ate two of my 0.5" cardinal tetras but that is beside the point. I have also been feeding them Hikari carnivore sinking pellets after the lights go off. I do not want to over feed them. They are the only bottom dwellers in the tank and I do not plan on getting anymore.

How many pellets should I be dropping in for them?
How often do I feed them?

Incase anyone cares. I have been feeding 2 catfish pellets at night and have been alternating with 4 cichlid sinking pelletes every other day. Seems to be enough since they haven't eaten my other two small cardinal tetras.

I kept one of these shy guys years ago. I never lost any fish and he spent all day hideing. If I could get bloodworms to sink fast enough he would come out and eat them. Otherwise the sinking pellets at night seemed to keep him appeased.

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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. -Vince Lombardi
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Like you said anything they can swallow are fair game to them. I had emperor tetras, lemon tetras, checkered barbs and cories with him. I didn't lose any of them I believe because of their shape and size.

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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. -Vince Lombardi
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” ― John WoodenSandy Hook Elementary......Lest We Forget
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They have huge mouth. They ate 2 more cardinals tetras over the weekend, .5 and a 1 inch. So my GF saved the last two tetras and moved them to another tank. Hopefully they wont go after the oto cats next.

Oh, your Otos are probably done for, man. That's the reason I won't put anything that small in my 75gal. My Killifish are just like the bigger catfish. Very opportunistic eaters. That's another reason I was hesitant to put a Raphael cat in there, too, because I had planned on some smaller fish. Any of the bigger cats are going to be very opportunistic. They eat like gluttonous fools and anything small enough is fair game.

You should be ok with fish that are tall and short, just not short and long. For instance, Serpae tetras, Black skirt tetras, etc, would be fine... cardinals, neons, otos, harlequins, etc are just cat bait.